New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a law to levy a higher excise duty on tobacco and related products once the GST compensation cess ends. The Central Excise (Amendment)...

Jaipur:  An Army soldier was killed during a routine military exercise in the Indira Gandhi canal in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday...

New Delhi:  Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Wednesday said the government is not losing sleep over the declining rupee, which has breached the 90-level against the US dollar....

New Delhi: Weeks ahead of the annual India-EU summit, senior officials from the two sides will this week deliberate on security and resilience of undersea cables as part of broader...

Jammu: Two persons have been booked for using banned virtual private network (VPN) applications on their mobile phones in Rajouri district, and one of them was arrested, officials said on...

New Delhi:  Amir Rashid Ali, one of the accused of the Red Fort blast, was produced before a Delhi court on Tuesday. Ali was produced before Principal and Sessions Judge...

New Delhi:  Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases, the first between April and September 2026 and the second in February 2027, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday....

Jammu: Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma on Tuesday reviewed the security situation and operational preparedness of the forces in the Kashmir Valley, officials said. "Lt Gen Pratik Sharma,...

New Delhi:  The new complex housing the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) will be called 'Seva Teerth', officials said on Tuesday. The new complex, which is in the final stages of...

Jammu:  Police have arrested two “notorious" criminals and recovered three pistols and ammunition following an investigation into a firing incident on the outskirts of Jammu city, officials said on Tuesday....